A BREVARD COUNTY MAN HAS PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO CHILD NEGLECT AFTER HIS YOUNG SON WAS LEFT ALONE IN A HOUSE WHERE A FIRE BROKE OUT. RICHARD HILL WAS ARRESTED AFTER HIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON WAS FOUND WALKING NEAR A CONVENIENCE STORE UNHARMED. DAN BILLOW REPORTS, HILL IS TRYING TO HAVE HIS SON RETURNED TO HIM. RICHARD HILL IS STILL IN JAIL AFTER THE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE AT HIS WEST COCOA HOME. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARRESTED ON ONE COUNT OF CHILD NEGLECT. SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY HILL LEFT HIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON HOME ALONE WITH CANDLES BURNING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HILL WENT TO A NEARBY RESTAURANT. THE CANDLES STARTED A FIRE. THE BOY WAS TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND MAY NOT HAVE HAD A PHONE TO CALL 911. HE INSTEAD WENT OUT LOOKING FOR HIS FATHER. THE CHILD WOUND UP AT A CONVENIENCE STORE ABOUT A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AWAY FROM HOME LOOKING FOR HIS FATHER. TO GET THERE THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD HAD TO CROSS BUSY FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY 520 AT TWO IN THE MORNING. LEAVING A CHILD UNATTENDED IN A HOUSE THAT BURNS DOWN IS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE CHILD WASN'T HURT. MIRACULOUSLY THE BOY IS OKAY. THE HOME BURNED ALMOST TO THE GROUND. HILL SAYS HE WANTS TO BE REUNITED WITH HIS SON. ONLY IF I CAN GET OUT. I LOST MY WHOLE HOUSE. I HAVE TO GET MY SON BACK. A JUDGE SET BAIL AT JUST $2,000 AN AMOUNT TO ALLOWS HIM TO GO FREE BY PUTTING UP JUST $200 BUT HE APPARENTLY CANNOT EVEN AFFORD THAT. THE CANDLES WERE BURNING BECAUSE HE CANNOT AFFORD ELECTRICITY. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IS SUPERVISING THE CARE OF THE BOY WHO WAS ALLOWED TO GO WITH HILL'S GIRLFRIEND.